Lou Reed's New York. I heart it.

While looking around for some reviews of Lou Reed on this tour, I found this lovely homage to my favotite album, New York

"Released in 1989 Reed's album New York painted the ultimate gritty picture of pre-Giuliani NYC with it's storytelling - a dark urban lullaby to his city at the end of a decade plagued by greed, disease, poverty and Reaganism."

"Those poor huddles masses, let's club em to death. Get it over with"

YES! Pre Giuliani! When New York was really New York, not Disney north.

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
New York is arguably Lou Reed's greatest hour as a solo artist. A song-cycle about his beloved city in the '80s, Reed adopts a conversational tone to discuss politics, AIDS, romance, TV preachers, and whatever else is on his mind. While his voice never ranges far, the album kicks into high gear with the twin guitar attack of Reed and Mike Rathke, which takes simple, three-chord rock into a truly transcendent space. "Romeo Had Juliette" cruises like a cab down a bumpy avenue, while "Strawman" curls with rage. Like the city that gives it its name, New York never rests. --Rob O'Connor